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F. W. STUTT.

GUARD FOR RAILWAY CARS.

No. 439,985. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

FREDERICK W. STUTT, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF FOUR-FIFTHS TO WILLIAM A. E. STUTT AND THOMAS G. H. STUTT, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

G UARD FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 439,985, dated November 4, 1890.

Application filed April 25, 1890. Serial No. 349,479. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. STUTT, of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Guard for Railway-Oars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in guards for railway-cars; and the object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient guard of few parts that may be easily attached to a car, and that will effectually prevent a person from falling beneath the wheels of the same.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a broken inverted plan view of the device as attached to the car-bottom, and Fig. 2 is a broken side elevation of the same.

The car A is mounted upon wheels Bin the usual manner, and extending longitudinally upon each side of the car and depending from the bottom thereof is a frame 0, which extends nearly to the surface of the track, said frames being composed of the vertical standards 0, which are securely bolted to the sides of the car, and the longitudinal bars (3 and G which are attached to said standards. The frames 0 are attached outside the wheels B, so that a person falling beneath the car would be prevented by the frames from passing beneath the wheels.

Pivoted to the forward standards 0', which are provided with bifurcated lower ends, is a V-shaped forwardly-extending frame D, the frame being pivoted to the standards by the rod a, which extends through the ends of the frame and through the standards 0', The frame D is placed but little above the track, and is supported in a horizontal position by the chains 12, which are attached to the forward portions of the frame and extend up- Wardly therefrom, the upper ends of the chains being fixed to the car-bottom. The frame D is provided at the point with a depending roller d, which obviates excessive friction in case the frame comes in contact with any obstruction. The frame is also provided upon the sides with depending lugs e, in which are pivoted the rollers f, which extend longitudinally nearly the entire length of the frame, the object of which is to prevent friction.

Fixed to the car-bottom above each side of the frame D are the elliptical springs E, which are provided with bifurcated lower ends resting upon and moving freely on the frame D, so that when the frame comes in contact with a serious obstruction the springs E will yield sufliciently to allow the frame to pass over the obstruction, when the springs will again force the frame into its proper position.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the car is guarded at the ends and sides, and that a person falling in front of the car will be moved to one side by the frame D, and the frame C will prevent him from falling beneath the sides of the car.

I do not confine myself to the precise construction of parts set forth in the above description, as it is evident that they may be greatly changed without departing from the principle of my invention. It is evident, too, that the frame 0, instead of being attached to the car ,A, might be attached to and supported by the trucks beneath the car.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the car, of the V- shaped frame at the end thereof having vertical movement at its forward and rear ends, and springs bearing on the sides of said frame at opposite sides of the centers thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. The V-shaped guard having two rollers ff along its lower sides and the guard-roller cl between the converging ends of the said rollers, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the car and its side frames, of the V-shaped guard-frame having vertical slots in the rear diverging ends of its sides, a rod a, passing through said slots and secured to the side frames to permit free vertical movement of the rear end of said 5. A guard for railway-cars, consisting, essentially, of side frames depending from the car outside the Wheels, a V-shaped frame pivoted to the ends of the said frames and supported from the car-bottom, said frame having suitable rollers upon its under side, as shown, and springs attached to the bottom of the car and pressing upon the upper surface of the V-sha-ped frame, all substantially as set forth.

FREDERICK W. STUTT.

Witnesses:

CHAS. J. STARKE, A. T. MOUAT. 

